A prominent member of England's 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad, Daniel Sturridge made his senior international debut against Sweden five months later. A gifted left-footer who can play as a central striker or on either wing, he has claimed a regular first-team place at Chelsea FC following a productive loan spell with Bolton Wanderers FC.

• A product of the Manchester City FC academy, he had made 21 league appearances over three seasons when he decided to join Chelsea in summer 2009 following the expiry of his contract in the north west.

• Often used from the bench in his first two campaigns at Stamford Bridge, he scored four goals in Chelsea's triumphant 2009/10 FA Cup run, part two of the club's first domestic double success.

• Struck on his UEFA Champions League debut, a 4-1 win at MŠK Žilina on matchday one of the 2010/11 competition, but really came into his own later that season when he registered eight goals in 12 appearances while on a six-month loan to Bolton.

• Back at Chelsea in 2011/12, he was afforded more playing time under André Villas-Boas and the Portuguese's temporary successor, Roberto Di Matteo, scoring ten league goals by the end of March.

• Given his senior England debut as a second-half substitute in a November 2011 friendly against Sweden, Fabio Capello's last match in charge of the national team, he was retained by caretaker manager Stuart Pearce for the encounter with the Netherlands three months later.